We have our last test in the current round of district benchmarks on Monday and can then get back to the business of learning. The students have worked very hard on the reading, science, and writing benchmarks, with the math remaining on Monday.

What we're working on:Reading — Signposts of literature with Trouble River plus nonfiction with chartsWriting — Figurative language and vocabularyScience — Forms of energySocial studies — Archaeology and earliest people in the Western HemisphereMath — Finishing fractions and moving on to multiplication with place value and estimatingSocial Emotional — Conversations and compliments

Just a reminder: We go outside every day, weather permitting, so please be sure your child is dressed for colder temperatures.